Today’s blog continues my in-depth look at my New and Improved Experience Chart. For 7 years, I had listed an experience chart, which broke down the number of seniors, juniors, sophomores and freshmen each team had in the two deep and rated the teams experience level with a formula I devised. In 2009, I made the experience chart FIVE TIMES better.

Today I will look at the returning letterman/lost percentages.

Last year I went back and looked at percentages of lettermen returning and lost. Using percentages is more reliable than the amount of returning or lost lettermen because schools give out letters in different manners. Some schools hand out a lot of letters and others far fewer. This year, the low’s were Western Michigan with just 46 while UCF had 50 and Fresno St 53. In 2007, Ohio broke all records with an amazing 91 letters given out while Hawaii had 90! Last year, Ole Miss was number one with 87 total letters given out while Army was #2 with 84. As far as percentages go, South Carolina leads the way with an impressive 85.29% as 58 of their 68 letterman from last year return. At the bottom is Oklahoma St who loses an incredible 32 letterman and return just 38 (54.29%).

% of Letterman Returning

Letterman

Letterman

Total

Letterman

Rank

Team

Returning

Lost

Letterman

%

1

South Carolina

58

10

68

85.29%

2

UTSA

55

10

65

84.62%

3

Mississippi St

57

12

69

82.61%

4

Air Force

63

15

78

80.77%

5

Tulsa

53

13

66

80.30%

6

Marshall

59

15

74

79.73%

7

Northwestern

55

14

69

79.71%

8

FIU

54

14

68

79.41%

9

Miami, Oh

50

13

63

79.37%

10

Ball St

48

13

61

78.69%

11

West Virginia

47

13

60

78.33%

12

Eastern Michigan

54

15

69

78.26%

13

UCF

39

11

50

78.00%

14

Memphis

53

15

68

77.94%

15

Louisiana

61

18

79

77.22%

16

Old Dominion

44

13

57

77.19%

17

Wake Forest

54

16

70

77.14%

18

Syracuse

57

18

75

76.00%

18

Colorado

57

18

75

76.00%

20

Toledo

47

15

62

75.81%

21

Minnesota

50

16

66

75.76%

22

North Carolina

46

15

61

75.41%

23

Virginia Tech

54

18

72

75.00%

23

Texas A&M

54

18

72

75.00%

23

Illinois

48

16

64

75.00%

23

Wyoming

45

15

60

75.00%

27

Maryland

53

18

71

74.65%

28

Bowling Green

49

17

66

74.24%

29

Oklahoma

48

17

65

73.85%

30

Texas

45

16

61

73.77%

30

Idaho

45

16

61

73.77%

32

Auburn

53

19

72

73.61%

32

Virginia

53

19

72

73.61%

34

Central Michigan

47

17

64

73.44%

35

LSU

44

16

60

73.33%

36

Georgia Southern

57

21

78

73.08%

37

Bouse St

46

17

63

73.02%

38

Appalachian St

40

15

55

72.73%

39

TCU

47

18

65

72.31%

40

Iowa

41

16

57

71.93%

41

UNLV

51

20

71

71.83%

42

Tulane

48

19

67

71.64%

43

Oregon St

53

21

74

71.62%

44

Southern Miss

57

23

80

71.25%

45

Cincinnati

47

19

66

71.21%

46

SMU

42

17

59

71.19%

47

Indiana

59

24

83

71.08%

48

Middle Tennessee

49

20

69

71.01%

49

New Mexico

46

19

65

70.77%

50

Northern Illinois

48

20

68

70.59%

50

Washington

48

20

68

70.59%

52

Kent St

43

18

61

70.49%

53

Texas Tech

50

21

71

70.42%

54

Arizona

45

19

64

70.31%

54

Stanford

45

19

64

70.31%

56

Army

59

25

84

70.24%

57

Miami, Fl

56

24

80

70.00%

57

Florida

49

21

70

70.00%

57

Louisville

42

18

60

70.00%

57

USF

42

18

60

70.00%

61

Baylor

51

22

73

69.86%

62

Fresno St

37

16

53

69.81%

63

UAB

46

20

66

69.70%

63

WKU

46

20

66

69.70%

65

Penn St

41

18

59

69.49%

66

Kentucky

50

22

72

69.44%

67

Vanderbilt

43

19

62

69.35%

68

UCLA

52

23

75

69.33%

69

San Jose St

45

20

65

69.23%

70

Troy

56

25

81

69.14%

71

Michigan St

47

21

68

69.12%

72

Ole Miss

60

27

87

68.97%

73

Georgia

51

23

74

68.92%

73

Navy

51

23

74

68.92%

75

Georgia Tech

44

20

64

68.75%

75

Arkansas

44

20

64

68.75%

77

Michigan

46

21

67

68.66%

78

Alabama

48

22

70

68.57%

78

Hawaii

48

22

70

68.57%

80

Ohio St

39

18

57

68.42%

81

Ohio

45

21

66

68.18%

81

BYU

45

21

66

68.18%

81

Houston

45

21

66

68.18%

84

Rutgers

44

21

65

67.69%

85

USC

48

23

71

67.61%

86

Clemson

54

26

80

67.50%

87

Akron

39

19

58

67.24%

88

Duke

43

21

64

67.19%

89

Buffalo

49

24

73

67.12%

90

Colorado St

44

22

66

66.67%

90

UTEP

44

22

66

66.67%

92

Notre Dame

41

21

62

66.13%

93

Connecticut

39

20

59

66.10%

94

Wisconsin

48

25

73

65.75%

95

Pittsburgh

42

22

64

65.63%

96

Florida St

40

21

61

65.57%

97

ULM

36

19

55

65.45%

98

Utah

53

28

81

65.43%

99

Arkansas St

47

25

72

65.28%

100

North Texas

37

20

57

64.91%

101

Nevada

38

21

59

64.41%

102

Oregon

41

23

64

64.06%

103

East Carolina

48

27

75

64.00%

104

Utah St

42

24

66

63.64%

105

FAU

40

23

63

63.49%

106

South Alabama

45

26

71

63.38%

107

Rice

43

25

68

63.24%

108

San Diego St

36

21

57

63.16%

109

Purdue

41

24

65

63.08%

110

Massachusetts

34

20

54

62.96%

111

Missouri

39

24

63

61.90%

112

Temple

34

21

55

61.82%

113

California

50

31

81

61.73%

114

Texas St

45

28

73

61.64%

115

Washington St

36

23

59

61.02%

116

Iowa St

40

26

66

60.61%

117

Nebraska

46

30

76

60.53%

118

NC State

35

23

58

60.34%

119

Kansas St

42

28

70

60.00%

120

Tennessee

43

29

72

59.72%

121

Boston College

35

24

59

59.32%

122

New Mexico St

37

26

63

58.73%

123

Georgia St

35

25

60

58.33%

124

Arizona St

37

28

65

56.92%

125

Western Michigan

26

20

46

56.52%

126

Kansas

32

25

57

56.14%

127

Louisiana Tech

36

29

65

55.38%

128

Oklahoma St

38

32

70

54.29%

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